KENTWOOD – A 19-year-old man charged with shooting a 15-year-old girl says he never meant to harm her.

Today, Damon Shormari-Montez Raines is charged with felonious assault, possession of a gun by a felon, possession of a sawed-off shotgun and a variety of marijuana and cocaine charges as well as maintaining a drug house.

Because he is a four-time felon, Raines faces up to life in prison on the charges.

Raines said he and the 15-year-old were alone in his bedroom and she asked to see his gun, Kitchka wrote.

He allegedly said he felt he emptied the bullets from the gun and then thought he was pointing it at the wall when he pulled the trigger once to a “click.” He pulled the trigger a second time when it fired, according to the affidavit.

Raines said he and co-defendant Evilio Ruiz, 21, and friend Pedro Angel Bonilla-Carmona, 22, drove the girl to Metro Health Hospital in Wyoming.

The girl has been transferred to the Helen Devos Children's Hospital where she remains comatose, according to Kentwood Police Chief Richard Mattice.

Raines allegedly told the detective that they dropped the girl off at Metro and then returned to Ridgebrook and put at least one gun in the garage. Police say they found three guns – a revolver and two shotguns –as well as cocaine, and packaged marijuana.

Ruiz is charged with delivery of marijuana, maintaining a drug house and being a habitual offender.

Bonilla-Carmona faces a city ordinance violation of frequenting a drug house, an offense carrying a potential 90-day penalty.

Raines and Ruiz were arraigned this morning in Kentwood District Court where both told Judge William Kelly that they are not guilty.

“I just ask that you empathize because a lot of these charges are false,” Raines said as he was arraigned via video from the Kent County Jail.

Kelly set Raines' bond at $100,000. Ruiz has a $20,000 bond and he has the option to pay 10 percent in order to get out of jail.